According to Phoenix-based SmarterTools, SmarterStats 4.x can differentiate between automated Spider and Bot traffic from actual user visits. According to the company, this feature is unavailable from conventional script-based services including Google Analytics, giving customers a realistic view of site popularity especially important to Web marketing and SEO.

"SmarterStats is the perfect application to cost-effectively deliver relevant, accurate, and detailed Website reports," SmarterTools chief executive officer Tim Uzzanti said in a statement. "Site owners, businesses, and webmasters need statistics that they can trust without exposing their data to unrelated third parties. SmarterStats provides the solution without requiring them to spend time and money re-coding their sites like competing script-based solutions."

Like the rest of the SmarterTools product suite, SmarterStats now includes a "Webtop" interface with AJAX controls. It also includes dynamic charting using Microsoft's Silverlight technology, giving it a "truly advanced and intuitive interface experience," according to the company.

SmarterTools also boasts scalability, providing statistics for up to 30,000 sites on Windows or Linux servers.

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